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Wijeysuriya v Dalpadatu
The proviso to section 29 of the Notaries Ordinance does not impose an absolute
duty on the Registrar-General to give a notary who
has failed to transmit to the
Registrar of Lands duplicates of documents in terms of rule 24, a further period
of time within which
he may comply with the requirements of the rule.
Under rule 33 a Notary is bound to give an explanation in writing of any
irregularity, error, or omission which the Registrar-General
discovers or thinks
he has discovered, and which appears to him to be a breach of the law.
Failure to give an explanation is an offence under section 29 of the Notaries
Ordinance.
from a conviction by the Police Magistrate of Panadure. H. A. Koattegoda
(with him Dodwell Gunawardena), for appellant.
M. F. S. Pulle, C.C.,
for respondent.
Cur. adv. vult
September 29, 1937.
The appellant, a Notary Public, was convicted in the Police Court of Panadure of
the offence of having failed to transmit or deliver
to the Registrar of Lands,
Kalutara, the duplicates of deeds drawn and attested by him during the month of
December, 1936, on or
before January
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